Composition for and method of manufacturing sound amplifiers



Patented May 8, 1923.

PASCAL CHARUEST AND HENRI HOBMISDAS DUCHESNE, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA, ASSIGNORS TO BENOIT AND MATHIEU, OF MONTREAL, QUEBEC,

' CANADA.

COMPOSITION FOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOUND AMPLIFIERS.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PASCAL CHARUEST and HENRI Houmrsons DUCHESNE, British subjects, residin at 195 St. Timothee Street,

in the city of l\ ontreal, in the Province of Quebec, in the Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Compositions for and'Methods of Manufacturing Sound Amplifiers; and we do hereby declare that the following is a true, clear, and correct description of the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in a composition for and method of manufacture of sound amplifiers, and its main object is to provide an amplifier made of a plastic matter which after special treatment will have high vibrating and resonant qualities for sound reproduction purposes.

Another object is to provide a sound amplifier which is simple, durable and cheap to manufacture.

The invention consists particularly in thoroughly mixing pulverized wood, starch, and colophony. The approximate proportions are as follows:

Pounds. Pulverized wood 1.00 Starch 42 Colophony 33?;

sheet of mixture, so as to form a paste. The whole is then preferably gathered into a pile so as to obtain an equal amount of moisstarched water is then sprinkled over the Application filed December 24. 1921. Serial No. 524,787.

ture in the mixture. The mixture is then left to rest for two hours, after which it is placed in a suitable mould and heated to approximately 200 Fahrenheit for twenty minutes. I 4

The result is that a light, crisp and cheap product is obtained, having great vibrating 45 and resonant qualities which render it particularly suitable for the construction of sound amplifiers. What we claim as our invention is:

' 1. A composition for the construction of resonant sound amplifiers, consisting of pulverized wood, starch and colophony.

2. A composition for the construction of. resonant sound amplifiers, consisting of a mixture of 100 pounds of'pulverized wood, 42 pounds of starch, and 33% pounds of colophony.

3. As a new, article of manufacture, material for the construction of resonant sound amplifiers, consistin of mixture of pulverized wood, starch an colophony molded under heat and pressure.

4. As a. new article of manufacture, material for the construction of resonant sound amplifiers, consisting of a mixture of 100 pounds of pulverized wood, 42 pounds of starch, and 33pounds of colophony subjected to a molding action in the presence of heat.

Signed at Montreal, Quebec, Canada, this 28th day of November, 1921.

PASCAL CHARUEST.

HENRI HORMISDAS DUCHESNE.

Witnesses:

C. PATENA 1m, G. BEAUDOIN. 

